The Purpose Of The Spanish Inquisition

Introduction
The Inquisition of the Middle Ages that had existed before the Spain Empire’s Golden Age - where the sun never sets – had been persecuting Jews and Muslims; consequently influenced by it non-Catholics accepted Catholicism to remain statuses and wealth their generations had acquired. Within the fall of Constantinople, thereafter the great Roman Empire, the Middle Ages in Europe came to an end finishing a chapter of history. Assuring Europe into the age of Renaissance and progress. In Spain in the second half of the XV century, Aristocratic and middle-class of Old Christians were experiencing grudge towards the successful New Christian community, a converso. Old Christian aristocrats were disgruntled and frightened about conversos,
The new institution was directed to preserve the purity of Catholicism, to enlighten the society with right ideas and thoughts, to stand by the faithful Christians, and to ensure full compliance of Lord’s laws. “Under Ferdinand and Isabel’s hegemony, the Spanish Inquisition became independent from Rome, and with it notorious “act-of-faith” represents the dark chapter in the history of the world.” The question to be asked is: how “Holy” Spanish inquisition was to the people. In other words, did inquisitors’ motives possess virtues from the Bible, the sacred Christian text? In this paper, I would try to find out how beneficial for economy, society, politics, or science was the elicitation of heresy (beliefs, traditions, texts, books, or people) in the early modern European
The Inquisition for the monarchy was a mean to achieve political hegemony. Thus, in order to achieve the centralized control over the monarchy, religious unity over the country had to be established first; therefore, the creation of new machinery allowed Ferdinand and Isabel to maximize their control in the Spanish Empire. The monarchy was actively participating in religious affairs and had directly controlled the Inquisition with no interference from Rome. Pope Sixtus IV was claiming that: “the institution is pernicious example of political governance and it is causing scandal to many.” The pope had been trying to maintain control over the Inquisition in a better way because he believed that New Christians were not generally causing political disturbance. However, Catholic Monarch was threatening him, that if Sixtus did not change his attitude towards the new institute, he would separate the tribunal from the Church’s authority. Eventually, in 1482, Sixtus knuckled down under Ferdinand pressure and the pope promulgated Tomas de Torquemada, the Inquisitor General of Aragon, Valencia, and Catalonia. A year later, in 1483 Ferdinand decreed the capital punishment for anyone who attempted to appeal against an inquisitor or his duties without the royal permission. Thus, the Holy office became the only institution that holds authority